pianoforte
英 [pɪ,ænəʊ'fɔːteɪ; pɪ,ænəʊ'fɔːtɪ]
美
pianoforte 钢琴来自意大利语piano e forte,刚柔并济，来自piano,平的，柔的，词源同plan,forte,强的，大声的。用以命名18世纪初发明的钢琴。
- pianoforte (n.)
- 1767, from Italian, from piano e forte "soft and loud," in full, gravicembalo col piano e forte "harpsichord with soft and loud" (c. 1710), said to have been so named by inventor Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Padua because the ability via dampers to vary the tone is one of the main changes from the harpsichord. Italian piano (adj.) ultimately is from Latin planus "flat, smooth, even," later "soft" (see plane (n.1)).
- 1. Alex only took up the pianoforte when he was 14.
- 亚历克斯到14岁时才开始学钢琴.
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- 2. A key is the part of a pianoforte that you touch to make music.
- 琴键是钢琴上用手指敲击的部件,它能使钢琴发出乐音.
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- 3. Clementi's Gradus ad Parnassum is an important work in pianoforte - history. "
- 克列门蒂的《名手之道》是钢琴艺术史上一部重要的作品.
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- 4. Nothing soothe me more after a long andcourse of pianoforte recital and have my teeth drill.
- 大约就在这个时候,简收到了一份厚礼,这是一架钢琴,送礼者不知何人.
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